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RE: Northern Ireland meteor

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Fireball spotted in the skies over Northern Ireland

One caller from Coleraine said it burned a yellow orange colour in the sky and had a long tail. Another caller from Derry said it was a fireball.
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Knocknacarra eyewitnesses urged to help find meteorite

Any Galwegians who spotted the spectacular fireball across clear skies on Sunday evening are urged to report the sighting to Astronomy Ireland in order to pinpoint the location of any possible meteorite landing.
Reports of the space rock gliding through the stars lit up the phone lines of Astronomy Ireland at 5.40pm and early indications are that it occurred in the northern part of the country. Several people in Knocknacarra reported seeing the rare phenomenon as air temperatures fell to minus 6 degrees.
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Fireball lights up NI sky

A fireball was spotted in the skies over Northern Ireland on Sunday evening, Armagh Observatory has said.
A spokesman said they had been "inundated "with calls about an object in the sky which was on fire.
A caller from Coleraine said the object burned bright yellow and orange and had a long tail.
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Blobrana · L

A bright slow moving meteor was witnessed in Northern Ireland at 17:45 UT, 28th November, 2010.
The meteor was observed moving off the coast in an east-west direction.